The results of the 2004 End Use Market Survey of the Polyurethanes Industry in the United States, Canada and Mexico indicate that the polyurethanes industry has been on a firm growth track during the last two years.
In an effort to help its members whose companies were damaged by Katrina and Rita, the FSCT offers its assistance in posting employment notices on its Web site and in its monthly publication, "JCT CoatingsTech."
SYNTHESIA, a division of ALIACHEM and a producer of HP pigments for more than 15 years, is now ready to start production of diketopyrrolopyrrole (DPP) reds at its pigments and dyes plant in Pardubice in the Czech Republic.
ALTANA AG announced that ALTANA Chemie AG completed the acquisition of the ECKART group as of October 1, 2005. The acquisition had been announced in August 2005.
On Oct. 24, during the Opening Session of its 118th Annual Meeting in Cleveland, the National Paint & Coatings Association (NPCA) presented Thomas C. Osborne, chief executive officer of Tnemec Corp., with the George Baugh Heckel Award, the association's highest honor.
BASF Coatings has signed a contract to acquire the coil coatings business of Rhenania Coatings GmbH, Grevenbroich, Germany, from ALTANA Chemie AG, Wesel, Germany, the chemicals division of ALTANA AG.
Global specialty chemicals manufacturer Sartomer Company is expanding its operations in the Asia/Pacific region with the formation of the Sartomer Asia division and the appointment of the new division's general manager.
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